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As an open access publisher PLOS is committed to ensuring research is accessible immediately upon publication with no restrictions. Anyone with internet access can find, read, mine, cite and share OA…
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Open Science Publishing We believe in a future where science is open to all, for all. Our comprehensive suite of tools and…
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Open Science Practice We work with diverse communities to promote the adoption of open science practices across disciplines, geographies, and career stages…
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Open Letter In 2000 Harold Varmus, Patrick Brown, and Michael Eisen circulated an open letter that would eventually be signed by 34,000…
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page Open ScienceRead more
Open Science is about sharing scientific research outputs and processes so they are accessible to all. Discover its benefits for you and the academic community…
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Our Community Action Publishing (CAP) model aims to eliminate author APCs in order to make our most selective open access journals truly open to read and open to publish…
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Our Global Equity model removes financial barriers for researchers to participate in open access and open science by offering affordable, equitable partnership opportunities for their institutions in…
PLOS is a non-profit organization on a mission to drive open science forward with measurable, meaningful change in research publishing, policy, and practice.
Building on a strong legacy of pioneering innovation, PLOS continues to be a catalyst, reimagining models to meet open science principles, removing barriers and promoting inclusion in knowledge creation and sharing, and publishing research outputs that enable everyone to learn from, reuse and build upon scientific knowledge.
We believe in a better future where science is open to all, for all.
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